Effect Of Technostress Research Articles

Exploring the Moderating Effect of Musculoskeletal Pain on Technostress-Induced Burnout: A Cross-Sectional Study of Bank Employees.

Information and Communications Technology (ICT) advancements and high customer expectations are boosting the use of digital transformation and tech tools in business processes in a competitive environment. This trend enhances business effectiveness and efficiency but also introduces technostress as a new workplace stress factor. Technostress, defined as stress induced by using ICT in the workplace, has become increasingly prevalent in modern work environments, especially in sectors such as banking, due to digital transformation. As technology use intensifies, it raises concerns about potential adverse psychological and physiological effects on employees, particularly in relation to burnout. From a physiological perspective, musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs) are quite common among employees who use ICT for extended periods. MSDs can play a significant moderating role in the relationship between technostress and burnout. In this context, this study aimed to examine the moderating role of MSDs in the effect of technostress on burnout. This quantitative study surveyed a convenience sample of 220 bank employees, drawing on COR theory, the JD-R model, the P-E fit approach, and transactional stress theory. Data were analyzed using Structural Equation Modeling with SmartPLS 4.0 software, enabling examination of relationships between variables derived from these frameworks. The results reveal that technostress increases bank employees' burnout experience. Additionally, bank employees with MSDs experience higher burnout levels than those without MSDs. The study's findings provide valuable insights into managing workplace stress, addressing mental health problems, and promoting employee well-being in the digital age. These results have potential implications for academic understanding and practical applications in sustainable management.

Effects of technostress on the productivity of workers in ICT company: an observational study.

Information and communication technologies (ICT) offer many advantages but also have negative aspects. This study explores the level of stress caused by technology and its impact on productivity, analyzing individual perceptions and use of technology. This observational study used a questionnaire validated by Tarafdar et al., translated into Italian and administered online. Technological stress factors, role stress, and productivity were analyzed using SPSS 27. Multivariate analysis identified relationships between responses and various variables. The analysis of 1,746 individuals revealed a significant association between techno-overload, techno-invasion, techno-complexity, techno-insecurity, techno-uncertainty, and demographic and work-related variables. These factors affected productivity. Bivariate and multivariate analyses confirmed the interaction between technology, stress, and work efficiency. In particular, the female gender was associated with techno-overload (p=0.04), techno-invasion, and role conflict (p<0.001). Age was correlated with techno-invasion (p=0.001), techno-complexity (p<0.001), role overload (p<0.001), role conflict (p=0.046), and productivity (p=0.018). Technology, while useful, can lead to technostress. The study highlights how various technological stress factors impact gender, age, and work-related stress. This observational study evaluates the phenomenon of technostress, both work-related and non-work-related, experienced by 1,746 individuals. The results particularly indicate that different technological stress factors significantly affect women, age, and work-related stress. Continued research is needed in this field to better understand and clarify the epidemiology, clinical presentation, and causes of the condition.

How technostress may affect employee performance in educational work environments

Despite there being a proliferation of research into the relationship between educators and work-related stress, there appears to be a lack of research on how institutions respond to this problem. The development of information and communications technology (ICT) has contributed to extra stress (technostress) in the education sector as the need to use technology increases and technostress develops. Therefore, this research aims to explore the concept, role and effects of technostress in educational work environments. The education sector is one of the top three industries where occupational stress is most present in the UK. With potential consequences such as increased turnover and absenteeism, it can create extremely costly implications for institutions. It is important that educational organisations ensure that levels of technostress are minimised as much as possible in order to prevent these outcomes from occurring. An exploratory qualitative research methodology was used involving forty-five interviews with educators. Findings showed different perspectives and approaches to technostress and revealed role ambiguity, technology in the workplace, work-life balance and organisational perspectives and support including understanding turnover intentions as the main focus areas in relation to the current study of technostress in education.

How and When May Technostress Impact Workers' Psycho-Physical Health and Work-Family Interface? A Study during the COVID-19 Pandemic in Italy.

Although a growing body of research has analyzed the determinants and effects of technostress, it is still unclear how and when technostress would impact workers' psycho-physical health and work-family interface during the pandemic. To fill this gap, this study tests the mediating mechanisms and the boundary conditions associated with the impact of technostress on workers' psycho-physical well-being and work-family conflict. A total of 266 Italian workers completed online questionnaires measuring (traditional vs. remote) working modalities, technostress, fear of COVID-19, working excessively, psycho-physical distress, work-family conflict, loss of a loved one due to COVID-19, and resilience. Structural equation models were performed. Results indicated that technostress was positively related to psycho-physical distress and work-family conflict, as mediated by fear of COVID-19 and working excessively, respectively. The loss of a loved one exacerbated the effects of fear of COVID-19 on psycho-physical health, while resilience buffered the effects of working excessively on work-family conflict. Since numerous organizations intend to maintain remote working also after the COVID-19 emergency, it is crucial to study this phenomenon during its peaks of adoption, to prevent its potential negative outcomes. The implications of these findings for theory and practice are discussed.

Effect of Technostress and Work Stress on the Productivity of Staff Members of The Faculty of Medicine

Effect of Technostress and Work Stress on the Productivity of Staff Members of The Faculty of Medicine

TPACK, Organizational Support, and Technostress in Explaining Teacher Performance During Fully Online Learning

Aim/Purpose: This study aims to analyze (1) the effect of organizational support on Technological Pedagogical Content Knowledge (TPACK), (2) the effect of organizational support and TPACK on teacher performance, (3) the effect of organizational support and TPACK on technostress, and (4) the effect of technostress on teacher performance. Background: The disruption of Information Technology (IT) innovation in educational practice happened two decades ago. However, the more massive and intense IT integration in teaching and learning practice was demanded during the COVID-19 pandemic. These circumstances made teachers and students face a new teaching and learning environment with complete IT mediation. Therefore, they will show a unique response valuable for managing effective education and further research regarding teaching and learning in the online environment. Methodology: Using a purposive sampling technique, data was collected from 419 pre-service teachers in the economics and business field. The data was then tabulated and analyzed using PLS-SEM. Contribution: This study connects the concept of TPACK as knowledge to organizational support and technostress as the organizational and personal response to deal with massive IT integration in fully online learning during the COVID-19 pandemic. This study bridges the educational concept of teacher competence to the behavioral framework of IS users to deal with the online environment. Teaching and learning are tasks that engage human-to-human interaction, which is different from other productive activities like the business sector. Therefore, this study may give fruitful findings, both theoretically and practically, to improve educational practice in this digital age. Findings: Researchers found that organizational support and TPACK were valuable antecedents of teacher performance in an online environment. At the same time, technostress is not a critical threat to teacher performance. However, technostress exists among teachers and is uncontrollable by TPACK and organizational support. Researchers argue it is an unavoidable circumstance. The educational system demands a rapid shift to fully online learning due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Therefore, the teacher should accept the challenge to maintain the continuity of teaching and learning activities. Recommendations for Practitioners: (1) Teachers’ knowledge and organizational support should become an essential concern for policy makers and school leaders to maintain teacher performance in this dynamic online environment. (2) The educational leader should develop a strategy to manage technostress among teachers from another aspect beyond TPACK and organizational support. (3) Policymakers should develop a strategy to compensate for teacher effort and sacrifices resulting from IT disruption in their working experience. Recommendation for Researchers: Researchers should confirm and refine the framework developed in the private sector to the educational sector to generate more theoretical and empirical understanding regarding the functional integration of IT devices on certain entities’ productive tasks. Impact on Society: This study gives more understanding of how teachers respond to IT-integrated tasks in their academic activity. This discussion will give more wisdom to understand the threshold of IT usefulness in the educational field besides giving preference to managing it to maintain teachers’ work quality. Future Research: Further research is required to identify the critical factors to manage teachers’ technostress effectively. A qualitative research method may be helpful in exploring teachers’ complex responses regarding IT-integrated tasks.

The Effect of Technostress on the Motivation to Teach Online in Higher Education Before and During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Perceptions of Business Faculty

This study investigated the relationships among technostress creators (techno-complexity, techno-insecurity, techno-invasion, techno-overload, and techno-uncertainty) on the motivation to teach online using the Motivation to Teach Online – Faculty Version scale. Data were collected from faculty members of the Management and Organizational Behavior Teaching Society (MOBTS), a member of the AACSB Business Education Alliance, and the American Society of Business and Behavioral Sciences (ASBBS), an interdisciplinary professional organization comprised of faculty teaching in accounting, finance, management, marketing, organizational behavior, and computer information systems early 2020 (N = 307). The findings indicated that techno-stressed faculty are less motivated to teach online. Techno-insecurity and techno-overload subconstructs were statistically significant pre-pandemic. Techno-insecurity was statistically significant during the pandemic. Gender and years of teaching online were not observed among faculty to modify online teaching motivations. Results are presented to supply institutions of higher learning with evidence to support faculty with online learning undertakings while leveraging opportunities to manage enrollment.

Effect of technostress on Psychological well-being of post-graduate students: A perspective and correlational study of Higher Education Management

Progression in Information and Communications Technology (ICT) has changed individuals in innumerable ways. Utilization of innovation can upgrade work environment proficiency, usefulness, and adaptability. However, innovative tools can adversely affect an individual's physiological, Psychological, as well as organizational satisfaction and have likewise prompted higher technostress among technology users. The study aims at examining the association of techno-stressors with the Psychological well-being of postgraduate learners. Using a quantitative research approach, data were collected through an adapted survey questionnaire tool, from 564 postgraduate learners enrolled in MS (Computer Science, Mathematics) and M.Phil. (Education) programs at a private sector University. To analyze the data, a correlation test was run using SPSS 27.0 version. Moreover, the findings revealed that there is a weak association between techno-stressors and the Psychological well-being of learners. Among the five intertwined techno-stressors, techno-insecurity has a moderate effect on the Psychological well-being of learners. Whereas, both male and female respondents were aware of the characteristics of technology and errands. Finally, in instructive settings, the most apparent well-being research initiatives have been taken by the Organization of Economic Cooperation and Development (OCED). However, even in these programs the examination has been done in tertiary settings and is restricted to 15years learners. This study contributes to bridging this gap. Alongside this, the current assemblage of writing adds to the field of literature in the context of Sindh, Pakistan.

Is technostress stressing coaches out? The relevance of technostress to coaches’ emotional exhaustion and coaches’ perception of coaching success

ABSTRACT The coaching market experienced a tremendous change within the last few years with a substantial increase in digital coaching. So far, little is known about possible effects of technostress on coaches’ health and coaching success. We conducted two studies on potential consequences of technostress in terms of coaches’ emotional exhaustion and coaches’ perception of coaching success. In Study 1 (N = 330), we tested the direct relationship between coaches’ perceived technostress and emotional exhaustion. In Study 2 (N = 132), we used a time-lagged design to replicate our findings and extended our model. We investigated potential consequences of coaches’ technostress for coaches’ perception of coaching success mediated by coaches’ emotional exhaustion. Across both studies, coaches’ technostress had a direct effect on coaches’ emotional exhaustion but not on their perception of coaching success. This effect was maintained at a 6-week follow-up assessment in Study 2. Furthermore, techno-overload and techno-uncertainty had the highest means among coaches in both studies and therefore seem to have the greatest relevance for coaches. Finally, core self-evaluations did not buffer the relationship between coaches’ technostress and emotional exhaustion. The results expand knowledge about the consequences of technostress for coaches’ health and coaching success and highlight the importance of coaches’ self-care.

Teachers’ Work-Related Well-Being in Times of COVID-19: The Effects of Technostress and Online Teaching

Following the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, one of the first measures implemented in Italy was the transition from frontal teaching to online teaching. The sudden need to use technologies to perform their job has added a source of stress to teachers’ work: so-called technostress. The difficulties experienced in this transition may also have affected the perception of work-related well-being, although other variables, such as the perception of the meaningfulness of work, could alleviate this sense of uneasiness. The study aims to examine the relationships between technostress, online teaching, pleasure in working, and meaningful work perceptions among 219 teachers from different school grades through a moderated mediation model. The results confirm negative associations between technostress and pleasure in working, although this relationship varies according to the levels of perceived meaningfulness. Analyzing the factors related to teachers’ perceptions of their work, both in general and during the pandemic situation, is useful for tracing new coping strategies and planning interventions to implement new teaching methods. Further implications concerning the protective role of meaningful work are discussed.

Teknostresin Tükenmişlik Üzerindeki Etkisinde Bilinçli Farkındalığın Aracılık Rolü: Banka Çalışanları Üzerine Bir Araştırma

Bu araştırmanın amacı, çalışanların teknostres düzeylerinin tükenmişliklerine etkisinde bilinçli farkındalığın aracılık rolünü ortaya koymaktır. Araştırma Kahramanmaraş ilinde bankacılık sektörü çalışanları üzerinde anket tekniği uygulanarak yapılmıştır. Bu doğrultuda elde edilen verilerin analizinde SPSS paket programından yararlanılmıştır. Araştırma bulgularına göre, teknostresin bilinçli farkındalık üzerinde anlamlı ve negatif, tükenmişlik üzerinde ise anlamlı ve pozitif bir etkisinin olduğu belirlenmiştir. Bununla birlikte, bilinçli farkındalığın tükenmişlik üzerinde anlamlı ve negatif yönlü bir etkisinin olduğu, teknostresin tükenmişlik üzerindeki etkisinde bilinçli farkındalığın kısmı aracılık rolü tespit edilmiştir. Bu kapsamda çalışma sonucunda yöneticilere ve gelecekteki araştırmacılara yönelik çeşitli önerilerde bulunulmuştur.

Parental Involvement in Distance K-12 Learning and the Effect of Technostress: Sustaining Post-Pandemic Distance Education in Saudi Arabia

This study explored the effect of parental involvement in K-12 distance learning activities on their perceived technostress and behaviours of support toward their children’s learning in Saudi Arabia. Partial least squares structural equation modeling (PLS-SEM) was used to analyse the data. Applying the person-technology (P-T) fit model, this study proposed a model comprising five factors to answer the research questions. The five factors were parental involvement, parents’ technostress, parents’ self-efficacy, school support and behaviours of support. Analysis of 651 parent responses showed an insignificant relationship between parental involvement in distance learning activities and parents’ technostress. However, there was a significant and positive relationship between parental involvement and parents’ behaviours of support toward their children’s learning. The results also indicated that when parents’ technostress increases, their supportive behaviours rise accordingly. The level of technostress among parents in this study was found to reduce with an increase in both parents’ self-efficacy levels and the level of school support provided by administration and teachers to parents in distance learning environments. The findings of our study suggested several important implications that contribute to providing more effective and successful distance education and supporting the future of post-pandemic digital education in Saudi Arabia.

The effects of technostress, intolerance of uncertainty, and ICT competence on learning burnout during COVID-19: a moderated mediation examination

ABSTRACT During global COVID-19 outbreak, universities in many countries were closed, and students experienced the exclusive online learning as never before. This study aimed to examine the mediating role of Intolerance of Uncertainty (IU) in the effects of university students’ technostress caused by remote learning on three dimensions of learning burnout, namely emotional exhaustion, cynicism, and academic inefficacy, and possible moderating role of gender, ICT competence, and course load in the indirect effects of university students’ technostress on their learning burnout mediated by IU. Altogether 801 Chinese students from 72 universities voluntarily participated in this study by filling out an online questionnaire consisting of Technostress Survey, Maslach Burnout Inventory-Student Survey, and Intolerance of Uncertainty Scale-12. The participants reported relatively low technostress, learning burnout with a moderate level of IU during online learning. Structural equation modelling showed that: 1) technostress positively predicted IU, emotional exhaustion, and academic inefficacy; 2) IU partially mediated the effects of technostress on emotional exhaustion, cynicism, and academic inefficacy. 3) ICT competence moderated the indirect effects of technostress on emotional exhaustion via IU while moderating effects of gender and course load were not found.

Analysis of the Emotional Exhaustion Derived From Techno-Stress in the Next Generation of Qualified Employees.

This study analyses the emotional exhaustion of students inhigher education, derived from the extremely technology-relatedstrain associated to the current COVID-19 pandemic in a conservation of resources’ approach. Technostress, as source of emotional exhaustion, was investigated in a sample of 333 students in a medium size public university in Spain. Data was collected in May 2020, during the COVID lockdown. After literature review, a structural model was developed, linking technostress with emotional exhaustion. Results confirm the expected cause-effect relationships. In addition, the study reveals two mediator variables that must be considered when managing students′ suffering, perceived stress and intrapersonal conflicts. This study contributes to the academic literature in the field of managing and mitigating suffering. They do so by providing both new knowledge and empirical evidence on the effects of technostress in the new generations that will soon join the working life.

Technostress and the smart hospitality employee

技术压力和智能酒店员工研究目的这项研究响应了对研究智能酒店员工存在的技术压力的号召。基于人与环境的契合和工作需求——资源理论, 我们提供了一个理论框架并调查如何影响员工的幸福感和绩效的因素。此外, 我们调查了组织学习对技术压力以及员工福利和绩效关系的调节作用。研究设计/方法/途径我们开发并实证检验了一项基于对中国 454 名受访者的调查的研究模型。通过应用偏最小二乘结构方程模型对技术压力的影响进行分析。研究发现结果显示技术压力对员工幸福感产生负面影响（例如, 参与度和整体幸福感）和绩效。员工幸福感对技术压力和绩效之间的关系有显著中介作用。组织学习对员工的幸福感和表现起到了抵消性的调节作用。具体而言, 组织学习显着抵消了技术压力和绩效之间的关系, 同时显着增加技术压力和参与度之间的关系。实践价值本研究有助于加深对智能酒店技术人员的理解并提供实用建议以协助酒店管理人员改善员工福利和表现。研究原创性/价值这项研究代表了技术压力对智能酒店员工福利和绩效影响的早期尝试。本论文确定了组织学习在员工参与度和工作表现关系之间的抵消调节作用。此外, 这项研究是探索智能酒店员工参与度以及整体幸福感在技术压力与员工绩效之间关系的中介效应的初步尝试。

The effect of technostress on the teachers’ willingness to use online teaching modes and the moderating role of job insecurity during COVID-19 pandemic in Pakistan

PurposeThe purpose of this study is to analyze the impact of technostress on the teachers’ willingness to use online Teaching Modes, with the moderating role of job insecurity in Pakistan.Design/methodology/approachHolistically, this study collected 242 samples using the convenient sampling technique for data collection. The response rate was 69.1%. The respondents of the study are academic staff working in private colleges and universities. The data are essentially collected by using the scales of technostress, job insecurity and willingness to utilize online teaching modes.FindingsThe results reveal a significant and negative relationship between technostress and the teachers’ willingness to use online modalities. Interestingly, job insecurity moderates the relationship between technostress and the teachers’ willingness to use online modalities.Research limitations/implicationsOnly academic staff of colleges and universities is considered in this study. In later studies, researchers may consider the school teachers as their potential respondents.Originality/valueThe results of the study provide important insight for the higher management of the academic institutes to motivate their employees to use online resources by using effective leadership and management skills during unforeseen events in the future.

Research on the Effect of Technostress on Addiction Tendency according to Smart Device Properties-Digital Detox as a Controlling Variable

Research on the Effect of Technostress on Addiction Tendency according to Smart Device Properties-Digital Detox as a Controlling Variable

The Effect of Technostress on Emotional Exhaustion and Coping Strategies

Technostress at a workplace is a negative consequence of not being able to adapt adequately to technology rapid advancement. It may cause psychological disturbance to the employees and lead to many disturbing effects such as job dissatisfaction, job isolation and emotional exhaustion. While past studies have examined the causal direction of technostress to employees’ behavior, this study explores the relationship between technostress and emotional exhaustion and coping strategy, measured as proactive and reactive coping among office personnel. A survey was conducted among 140 employees from various organizations, who were selected based on convenience sampling. The data was analysed using SmartPLS for both measurement and structural model. The results suggest there are significant relationships between technostress and emotional exhaustion, between technostress and reactive coping, and between emotional exhaustion and both proactive and reactive coping strategy. The relationship between technostress and proactive coping was found to be not significant. The findings suggest even though technostress leads to emotional exhaustion, how employees cope the mental challenge require further investigations. The study is significance as a pathway to look for adequate strategies and creating awareness on the potential emotional burdens caused by technostress.

기업용 SNS의 테크노 스트레스와 대인 스트레스가 사용자 저항에 미치는 영향에 관한 연구

기업용 SNS의 테크노 스트레스와 대인 스트레스가 사용자 저항에 미치는 영향에 관한 연구

The Effects of Techno-Stress in the Role Stress Context Applied on the Proximity Manager Performance

The ubiquitous use of ICT can create “techno-stress.” The purpose of the research is to examine the case of the specificity of the techno-stress phenomenon of local managers. The authors develop their research questions on the factors that create the techno-stress and the role stress of the proximity manager. How do the creators of techno-stress influence the performance of the proximity manager? Techno-stress creative factors of the managers have been adjusted thanks to the factorial analysis. The authors believe that 1) the role stress of local managers can be explored by ambiguity and role proximity, and 2) the creator of techno-stress negatively influences the performance of the managers of proximity by role stress.